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[CITE: 10USC2882]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
     CHAPTER 169--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING
 
SUBCHAPTER IV--ALTERNATIVE AUTHORITY FOR ACQUISITION AND IMPROVEMENT OF 
                            MILITARY HOUSING
 
Sec. 2882. Assignment of members of the armed forces to housing 
        units
        
    (a) In General.--The Secretary concerned may assign members of the 
armed forces to housing units acquired or constructed under this 
subchapter.
    (b) Effect of Certain Assignments on Entitlement to Housing 
Allowances.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), housing referred 
to in subsection (a) shall be considered as quarters of the United 
States or a housing facility under the jurisdiction of a uniformed 
service for purposes of section 403 of title 37.
    (2) A member of the armed forces who is assigned in accordance with 
subsection (a) to a housing unit not owned or leased by the United 
States shall be entitled to a basic allowance for housing under section 
403 of title 37.
    (c) Lease Payments Through Pay Allotments.--The Secretary concerned 
may require members of the armed forces who lease housing in housing 
units acquired or constructed under this subchapter to make lease 
payments for such housing pursuant to allotments of the pay of such 
members under section 701 of title 37.

(Added Pub. L. 104-106, div. B, title XXVIII, Sec. 2801(a)(1), Feb. 10, 
1996, 110 Stat. 548; amended Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title VI, 
Sec. 603(d)(2)(C), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1783.)


                               Amendments

    1997--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 105-85, Sec. 603(d)(2)(C)(i), 
substituted ``section 403'' for ``section 403(b)''.
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 105-85, Sec. 603(d)(2)(C)(ii), substituted 
``basic allowance for housing under section 403 of title 37'' for 
``basic allowance for quarters under section 403 of title 37 and, if in 
a high housing cost area, a variable housing allowance under section 
403a of that title''.


                    Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 105-85 effective Jan. 1, 1998, see section 
603(e) of Pub. L. 105-85, set out as a note under section 5561 of Title 
5, Government Organization and Employees.
